Happy Friday!
Regular contributor Randy Donovan submitted today’s featured image, which he took near Mahoods Beach, south of Powell River.
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On this day:
In 1876, Canadian inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first-ever telephone call, transmitting the words “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” to his assistant, who was in the room next door at Bell’s lab in Boston.
In 1988, pop singer Andy Gibb died in England, at age 30, of heart inflammation.
In 1990, Canadian Kurt Browning won the men’s world figure skating championship.
Today’s weather:
A mainly sunny day is in the forecast for Friday, March 10, as is a high of seven degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to three degrees in the evening when clouds are expected to roll in with a 60 per cent chance of rain. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
The Malaspina room at Powell River Town Centre Hotel was packed with people on March 7 for a workshop about the future of City of Powell River’s downtown area.
Meanwhile…
Powell River RCMP responded to 125 calls for service from March 1 to 7, including three related to graffiti.
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